Depute

(verb.) appoint as a substitute.

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• He had been constrained to depute Mr Venus to keep their dusty friend, Boffin, under inspection, while he himself turned lank and lean at the Bower. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He was the one deputed to see and arrange with the police--to lead in all the requisite steps. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

手打:洛伊斯